He also hired professional kickboxer André Brilleman as his head of security and personal bodyguard after his release from prison.
By this time, Bruinsma had expanded his smuggling operations, branching out to Germany, Belgium, France and Scandinavia.
After his release in 1987, Bruinsma restructured his drug organization and branched out into hotels, casinos, gaming, brothels, and other "legitimate" forms of business.
Etienne Urka replaced Thea Moear as Bruinsma's main business partner, a new division for exploitation of gambling machines was formed under the supervision of Sam Klepper and John Mieremet, and Roy Adkins was appointed leader of the drug division.
During this period, André Brilleman was accused of theft; he was brutally murdered by Hugo Ferrol, a competing hashish trader and Thea Moear's husband, and his body was encased in concrete and dumped in the river Waal.
In 1990, Bruinsma and his associate Roy Adkins fought in the brothel after one of their operations had gone sour; shots were fired but nobody was injured and nobody talked to the police.
[6] A newspaper article in 2006 reported that true ownership of the brothel had long been in the hands of organized crime figures, beginning with Bruinsma, who called it "the club house."
After Bruinsma's death in 1991, his associates Sam Klepper and John Mieremet and the Dutch Hells Angels took over control of the club.
[7] On the night of 27 June 1991, Bruinsma became involved in a verbal argument with Martin Hoogland, a former police officer who was now employed by organized crime.
Wisse Smit, who at that point was engaged to Prince Friso, told prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Queen Beatrix that she had only been slightly acquainted with Bruinsma.